Playlist 04/05/14

Scared of Chaka A Lie and a Cheat
Dead Boys Sonic Reducer
Clash English Civil War
Legal Weapon No Sorrow
Magnapop Here It Comes
Husker Du Standing In The Rain
Jesus and Mary Chain Happy When It Rains
Lemon Drops I Live In The Springtime
Baby Woodrose Here Today Gone Tomorrow
Bleeding Rainbow Time & Place
Dum Dum Girls Rimbaud Eyes
Squires of the Subterrain Happy Ending
Flesh Eaters Miss Muerte
Fleshtones For A Smile
Cherrypops Ich wurde lieber ein Machen
Soviettes Mulitple and Divide
99ers I Wanna Surf Like The Apeman
Barbacoa Hang Em High School
Rebel Set Dropout
Men From S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Mercury Wall
Now Into The Eighties
Boys Brickfield Nights
Flys Love and a Molotov Cocktail
Rezillos Destination Venus
Sensible Gray Cells Tragic Roundabout
Hoodoo Gurus In The Echo Chamber
Launderettes Don't Look Back
False Poets You Are The Way
Warm Soda Going In Circles
Kaiser Chiefs Ruffians On Parade
Mozes and the Firstborn Bloodsucker
Len Price 3 Preying Mantis
PyPy Pagan Day
Sultan Bathery Satellite
Obits Operation Bikini
Maggots I Wanna Go Home
Godfathers Gone To Texas

I will be on the air and the web from 1:00-3:00PM EST on Saturday April 5th. You can listen at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu.

Regarding it being more "proto-pub rock", I definitely get that. But it's just that....why groups like Dr.Feelgood and Eddie and the Hot Rods get very often associated with punk when a song like "is there a better way" sounds more punk to these ears than anything the hot rods did.  

3 chords, and downstrummed, 4/4 beat and 8th note drumming on a lot of those songs. I understand that they had ALOT of albums, and anything after that live '77 lp is pretty horrible, but even T-Rex, Slade and Sweet get nods from Punk more than Status Quo do, and those bands were pretty big in the UK too.

 

You're not the only one that hated Flaming Lips John....saw them in a little club here in sleepy London Ontario about 1987. Was all psyched up to hear some psyche rock of some sort, something out of the ordinary, like their early records led me to believe.

Let me emphasis it was a little club, called Key West.....maybe 80 legal capacity. As Flaming Lips started the show, their smoke machines were turned on full tilt... You couldn't see a fucking thing and the smoke remained there for the entire set! All you could see was the odd power light from an amp or something. And they were crunchng out these led zeppelin style guitar riffs! Fucking horrible!! I don't think there were many others to see them at that show, but you literally could not tell as the smoke was so dense! I have no idea what the members of the band even looked like....but i do have a live tape of the show that i made that night....hahahaha.   I've only played it a coupla times cause people don't believe they were a classic schlock metal band!

 

But back to Status Quo, i do have a double LP of their greatest hits, but it only covers the 60's stuff (including Matchstick Men, the reason i bought it) and is absolutely nothing like their 70's pre punk stuff!

Backwater , to me , is the kind of early Hard Rock that's now becoming popular , with kinda acidic lead breaks at the beginning......Then it picks up steam.....That two chord Chuck Berry thing always served them well , Gravelly SLATE-ish guitars. I'm reminded that they have a song that sounds like "Two Headed Dog"........Could have influenced pUNK , BUT Quo were'nt cool with that crowd. iN THE 80'S , THE WORST POSSIBLE HARD ROCK INFLUENCED WHATWAS CALLED PUNK. i SAW fLAMING LIPS two or three times ca. 86 -87. It was all bad , sloppy Zeppelin , Doors and Tommy - era Who. Horrendous. Everybody loved them. Everybdy but me.

"Down Down" is one of my favorites , but , to these ears , it's more like proto - Pub Rock. It was when Quo had found their identity. Good on ya , lads.  "Stir The Pot" is good and raw , like slate set to music (I thought Slade were "Slate" when I was a kid , because they sounded sharp and rough.).

Also , The Quo did a very good "Get out of Denver" , but , the only version I've heard that sucked was by Springsteen. "Flamingos " era Groovies could have NAILED it , if Bob Seger had written it , yet ! Roy Loney told me the Groovies were were big on The MC5 , but , when he saw Iggy , it was all over but the crying. They probably could'nt have forseen Punk , or being a direct influence on it , but , they knew what it was like to be handed bottom of the barrel status on a plate , in San Francisco. Roy said they were friendly with a lot of the bigger bands , but hung more with Quicksilver , The Charlatans and Country Joe and The Fish. They were'nt part of the social elite , and Bill Graham hated them so much , he had them banned from The Fillmore (However , he did let them run the old Fillmore when his base of operations moved.). Status Quo had already seen success , but , with an image and musical overhaul , they sky was , and is , the limit. They did have some albums that seemed watered - down , but , when they were ON. The classic four piece just toured , proving anything is possible . the Groovies had planned to reform the original lineup , several years ago , but , they got as far as one rehearsal. Of course , Roy and Cyril KILLED it , for a while , with The A- Bones , and the Sire lineup (Most of it)is touring as we speak.

.....The difference - as to why Status Quo were never regarded as a precursor to Punk , despite the blatant rawness of their better stuff , is because they were/are GINORMOUS. NO ONE WAS GOING TO ADAPT A BAND THAT'S SOLD IN THE SIX FIGURES and more , and , yes , dressed like The Quo , as Punk's true daddies. Even The Pink Fairies and Mick Farren were being called "Hippies" by some in the 70's.

I even had to explain to a kid why Blue Cheer were Punks ,not Hippies. Some even more misguided fucks have called  The MC5 "hIPPIES" , why? Because , just because it'd be hip to look like Richard Deacon 30 years later , did'nt mean they were going to jump on the bandwagon , early.

The thing about The Groovies was ,they had half decent distribution for a band who'd need almost 40 years to build up a sizeable following. I was still seeing "Teenage Head" and maybe "Shake Some Action" (A whole nuther band , by then , but , irrelevant to the Groovies vs. Quo discussion.) in the bargain bins in 1984.

It's difficult to fathom that Quo , AND Punk Rock WERE AS BIG In Britain , Western Europe and Australia , as compared to here. I READ about Punk ,HEARD ABOUT IT , WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING , but , apart from seeing "rOCK'N'rOLL hIGH sCHOOL" , i DID'NT HEAR any pUNK OR New Wave (If you will. Not all  New Wave IS Power Pop AND vice versa.) UNTIL 1980 . It was'nt on the radio , in record stores , scarcely ever on Television (Save for  TV news or documentary footage......or exploitation devices on forgotten sitcoms like "CPO Sharkey" (The Dickies !) and "Sugar Time".

I only knew Status Quo , beyond the one US hit , because I had a friend from Sussex , UK , who'd play the live '77 album in the car......HE told me how big they were. Punk was a blip on the radar in the states. Some bands were well - known , but , you had to BUY their records to hear them , and I was still gettingmost of my vinyl in pawn shops......In Britan , Quo COULD have been regarded as an influence on Punk , like The Feelgoods , The Pirates (Who were coming out of retirement in 76 - 77.), Hurracanes , Troggs , Downliner Sect , Slade , Crushed Butler , Stackwaddy , but, most of those bands did'nt approach Quo's Metal cred (Something I never understood.).......Even Black Sabbath influenced Punk , fer Chrissake . But , it was'nt cool to embrace mainstream rock. I only ever heard early Stones and early Who gettin' any love.    

ON THE LEVEL FULL ALBUM : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbOXYR78pgU

No prob!
Yeah it's great stuff.

For one album, I would recommend "On the Level". There's songs on that one that border both Roy Loney era grooves as well as the Chris Wilson Power Pop era too. "Over and Done" and "Most of the Time" are both Power Pop songs to these ears.
Plus, it's like a 5 dollar album at most. Totally worth it.

Their live album from 1977 is killer too. Most people would probalby recommend that for one single great Status Quo collection. I wouldn't disagree at all.

Thank you for the tip on Status Quo.....was only familiar with Pictures Of Matchstick Men....

 

Paper Plane blew me away!!!! Sorta power poppy but with Tons of energy!! Adding that to my want list for sure!! Shades of Bram Tchaikovsky and The Motors, both somewhat similar sounding combos with those chugging guitars and heartfelt vocals!

 

But the Bye Bye Johnny was the one that did it for me! Yep, definite Flamin' Grooves comparisions there ala when Chris Wilson just joined the band and they were hammering out Slow Death!!!

All I can says is Thanx!!!

NEW 'STIR THE POT' CLAIM: Supercharger "Goes Way Out" is just Status Quo songs recorded in a garbage can by 3 people who've only been playing their instruments for 2 weeks. (Not a knack by the way....Goes Way Out is one of my favourite records ever)

Yeah, I guess I'm not really thinking about how much more diverse the Flamin Groovies were. I'm thinking mainly of the one aspect of the Flamin Groovies that was heavy the Boogie Rock side of things.....I've been listening to Status Quo a lot lately and the energy and rawness of  a lot of those songs (from '72 to '76) rival the intensity of punk.

 I guess a better comparison would be to those pub rock bands like Eddie and the Hot Rods and Dr. Feelgood. THOSE bands don't even come close to matching the greatness of Status Quo in their prime, yet those bands are considered pre-cursors to punk, while Status Quo isn't.

I assume it has a lot to do with the huge amount of garbage Status Quo released immediately after "Blue For You", and their image.

I find that insane that it's easier to find Groovies records in America than Status Quo. Status Quo records here in the maritimes are in with the cheapos.

ANOTHER NOTE: I remember Johnny Rotten being asked what he thought of the Ramones, and he said "they just reminded me of Status Quo". Obviously he was just being Johnny Rotten and that's pretty far offf, but at the same time, a song like "Paper Plane" is all downstrokes and 8th note 4/4 drumming.

Wow. That's one helluva argument......It breaks down like this. I don't know where you're finding Status Quo records for a Dollar , but , will you please refer me to the ones you already have.........Being as how Status Quo is like Soccer , huge everywhere but in America , their albums do turn up , but , even less frequently than The Flamin' Groovies' first three records , barring "Sneakers", which I've seen a total of twice in my life . I DIG THE QUO , DON'T GET ME WRONG . I even saw them , live , once , on an extremely rare and brief US tour 10 or 12 years ago....I'm one of the rare few who even likes their Psych/Pop early days , but , as much as I like 'em , I find a lot of Quo's better - known 70's material just what they call it , BOOGIE , but played better than a lot of their peers ,without losing it's rough edges . They got into a more melodic Blues - Rock hybrid in the early to mid 70's. Are they more Proto - Punk than Humble Pie , Savoy Brown or Canned Heat ? I'd say so.......But , the Loney - era Groovies veered from Rockabilly  to Yardbirds speedfreak boogie to non - Suck Blues Rock (One trait I see them sharing with Status Quo.). By the time Chris Wilson had joined The Groovies , Status Quo was finding a style of their own.

I don't disagree with what you're saying , here , but , I would have to listen to each song you've posted to figure out if , for the first time ever , I could put either of these two bands up against the other.

I'd forgotten about "Santa Claus Has Got the AIDS This Year." Jesus! I need that for my next Christmas podcast!

As for Tiny and GG ...

 

http://www.discogs.com/GG-Allin-and-Tiny-Tim-Two-American-Legends/release/2842756

 

 

I WISH THIS CYCLE WOULD STOP !!! - Gary Burger , Scott Asheton , Fred Cole (Who I heard is improving.) and Michael Haskins from The Nervebreakers (Also reportedly doing better,.), now , Scott Morgan , not just a fantastic talent , but a real gent. The Scott Morgan Band was basically Sonics Rendezvous Band , minus a still - living Fred Smith....But , the energy was'nt there when I saw 'em. tHEIR SECOND ALBUM , AS SCOT'S PIRATES ,"REVOLUTIONARY MEANS" KILLS ! Obviously Scott had checked out Wayne Kramer's recent stuff , and dusted off his wah - wah pedal. i MET GARY RASMUSSEN AT THE STOOGES' SHOW in Clarkston , Michigan. He was originally supposed to be their Bass player , had they reformed , as Iggy originally announced , in '96 or '97.

Apparently Scott Morgan is seriously ill. 

Played the Stooges and The Sonics Rendezvous Band all day in memoriam when I saw Iggy's notice about Scott. But play the Stooges pretty everyday anyway. Just not all day.

Thanks Ken.  Maybe I can make a station ID out of these?  We'll see.

Great show Dave!  Here's some Repo Man wav files! 

http://www.lukefisher.com/blame.wav

http://www.lukefisher.com/repocode.wav

http://www.lukefisher.com/tense.wav

http://www.lukefisher.com/thetrunk.wav

This week's podcast featured several tracks form the 1984 soundtrack to the film Repo Man.  There is music by Iggy Pop, Circle Jerks, The Plugz, Young Canadians, Dum Dum Girls, Ketamines, Radio Birdman, Generation X, The False Poets and more.  

The Play List:

1. The False Poets - A Girl I Know
2. Your 33 Black Angels - Patient Love
3. Dum Dum Girls - Under These Hands
4. Old And Weird - Lamps
5. Os Tartaros - Tartaria
6. The Plugz - Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)
7. The Circle Jerks - When The Shit Hits The Fan
8. The Folk - In Silence
9. The Mods - Coming In And Out Of The Rain
10. The Young Canadians - Don’t Bother Me
11. Teenage Head - Some Kinda Fun
12. BA Johnston & The Moby Dicks - McDonald's Coupon Day
13. Korean Gut - Your Misery, Our Benefit
14. Topless Mongos - Hey My My
15. The Ketamines - You Can't Serve Two Masters
16. Frustrations - Damaged Goods Make History
17. Silicone Injection - At War With Peace
18. Radio Birdman - Do The Pop
19. Generation X - 100 Punks
20. The Libertines - The Good Old Days
21. The Modern Lovers - Old World
22. The Teardrops - Teardrops And Heartaches
23. Iggy Pop - Repo Man Theme
24. The D4 - Mysterex
25. The Rolling Stones - Factory Girl

Download/listen to the podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20140401-1030-t1396344600.mp3

Check out my blog post on Repo Man and the recording of Iggy Pop's Repo Man song here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2014/04/repo-man-soundtrack-revisited-show-502.html

Radio What Wave Playlist Apr 3/2014

 

1. DOA....Whatcha Gonna Do....recorded live at Fryfogles, London Ontario 1/24/83. This is our tribute to Dave Gregg, guitarist for DOA from 1980 to 1988. Fryfogles was located on Dundas St in downtown London, right about where the public library presently is.

 

2. DOA....Unknown....from the Hardcore 81 LP. DOA were among the first of the hardcore punk combos, and live, they were razor sharp back in this time  period.

 

3. DOA...Liar For Hire....from the War On 45 EP, the first DOA record that was easily found in stores.

 

4. DOA....The Prisoner....1985 live in Minneapolis....no idea where i got this live tape from.

 

5. Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutenants...Teachers Pet....from the Powerfist! CD that just happened to be in my mailbox at CHRW. Thanx guys!! JT plays on saturday night at Call The Office as part of the It's Trash Record Release Party.....8 bands (all of which are on the 7") for only $5 cover.

 

6. Steve Adamyk....High Above....from a brand new La Ti Da 7". They are coming to Call The Office April 25th with Sonic Avenues.

 

7.Bitchlove....Picket Fences....from the recent Stigma 7" lathe cut record.

 

8. Heart Attack Kids...Cold Hands....from the Hooligans download.

 

9. Graham Day and The Forefathers....Love Me Lies....from a recent 7". Graham Day was the singer/guitarist for The Prisoners, UK based 60's garage combo that moved in a mod direction through their lifetime.

 

10. The Prisoners...Better In Black....from the Skydog LP, A Taste Of Pink from 1983.

 

11. The Stranglers...Feel Like A Wog....from the 1977 No More Heroes LP.

 

12. Young Rival....Poinsonous Moves...from their debut CD. Young Rival plays Call The Office April 18th.

 

13. The Balantynes....Let It Rain...from the Liquor Store, Gun Store, Pawn Shop, Church EP. Brand new and on La Ti Da Records from Vancouver.

 

14. Sounds From A Room...Revival....2008 CD from this Toronto combo.

 

15. Sick Fits...New Fashion Kicks...from their self titled 2007 CD on Full Breach Kicks. Ottawa combo.

 

16. Nox Boys....I Don't Care....from their self titled debut LP on Get Hip Records. Pittsburgh teenagers who recorded in Detroit with Jim Diamond.

 

17. Vibrating Beds...What You Do...from a 7" EP on Transistor 66 Records outta Winnipeg

 

18. Kumari...Time Is Now...from a 7" on Lost In Tyme Records. UK combo with some ties to the excellent Shindig zine.

 

19. Marshmallow Overcoat....Knights Of Fuzz....from the 26 Ghosts CD. The best of double LP that we've been yammering about for weeks has just arrived at Marshmallow Overcoat HQ's and will be shipping out in the next little while. We'll be spinning that one when it arrives!

 

20. Neo Boys....Time Keeps Time...from the Sooner Or Later double LP on K records that just came out. Late 70's all girl combo from Portland.

 

21. Angry Dragons....Girlfriend....from their only 7" on Transistor 66 Records outta Winnipeg.

 

22. The Fleshtones...On Our Own....from the Fleshtones Vs Reality LP. The Fleshtones play This Ain't Hollywood in Hamilton on Thursday April 10th....where i'll be headed right after next week's show!

 

23. The Fleshtones...Hitsburg....from the Solid Gold LP. The Fleshtones are in my top 3 fave bands of all time.....The Fleshtones, Flamin' Groovies and The Cramps.....lots of others just behind, like early Rolling Stones, early Gun Club, The Government and so many others depending on my mood.

 

24. The Fleshtones...Feels Good To Feel Good....from the Take A Good Look LP.

 

25. The Fleshtones....Rats In My Kitchen...from the Brooklyn Sound Solution LP

 

 

Thanx for all the emails, phone calls, facebook messages and Heys!!! And thanx for tuning in to the madness each week! Back again next week with lots of new music and who knows what else...but definitely some Fleshtones!!!!   And don't forget the It's Trash Record Release party happening on saturday night at Call The Office!

You can listen to the podcast at:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave

Love the first Jabbers album. GG Plays drums a lot of those tracks. He was a great drummer and a cool punk singer in the beginning.
He was nuts, but of course he was a legend. We wouldn't be discussing otherwise if he wasn't

 

THE TRIP! MARCH 30TH SHOW!!!

Listen to this week's show here!  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/381-The_Trip-20140330-0030-t1396135800.mp3

The setlist: 

joe meek and the tornadoes- jungle fever
denims- i'm your man
vectors- what in the world
the blue boys- you got what i want
tuff darts- all for the love of rock and roll
new bomb turks- sammer'd
astro sounds from beyond the year 2000- orbit fantasy
goober & the peas- cordially invited
lee hazelwood- run boy run
the red crayola- hurricane fighter plane
gibby haynes- dream machine
butthole surfers- strangers die everyday
butthole surfers- perry
lord buckley- the train
sons of champlin- black and blue rainbows
los straightjackets- twistin' gorilla
super furry animals- god! show me magic
satan and adam- i'm a girl watcher
zechs marquise- guajra
joe meek and the tornadoes- red roses and a sky of blue

Always liked Hoboken's finest, The Bongos ... the Db's .... Salem 66 ... Pylon .... Soft Boys .... Hoodoo Gurus .... for that matter, Teardrop Explodes and Echo and the Bunnymen... 

Here's the Bongos.
The Bongos - In The Congo